5. Use Different Tools

There’s more to a gym than barbells, dumbbells, machines, and treadmills. Tools like exercise bands, kettlebells, suspension trainers, medicine balls, and even slush pipes can give you tremendous benefits.

Now, I’m not saying to randomly pick exercise equipment and do something different with every workout — that would be a recipe for lousy results. Instead, target muscle groups with a variety of tools.

For example, do barbell front squats early in your workout; then, toward the end, use kettlebells or sandbags for walking lunges. Or do barbell Romanian deadlifts first and, in a separate circuit, do SHELCs with a TRX.